Senior legal executive with proven success in leading legal and risk management functions for global companies; demonstrated success with creating new risk management and ethics/compliance functions cost-effectively. More than 27 years of legal experience in a broad range of matters that include investigations, ethics and compliance counseling, risk management, product safety/product liability matters, business and human resources counseling, and litigation.Specialties: • Representing global companies’ United States presence• Ethics and compliance counseling, program development and investigations• Risk management• Commerical and tort titigation• Product safety and product liability defense and oversight related to consumer products, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and industrial/commercial products• Broad range of corporate matters including labor and employment issues, transactions and contracts• Crisis management and media relations experience